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Rose Franken (December 28, 1895 – June 22, 1988) was an American writer and playwright best known for her Claudia stories, plus the books, films, and plays based on them.
Rose Franken was a celebrated Broadway playwright and director, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a popular novelist whose fiction touched a sympathetic chord in American women. After much success as both a playwright and a novelist, she ventured into more problematic subject matter, exploring antisemitism and homophobia in her works.
Novelist and short story writer Rose Franken crossed over into the theater with the surprise hit of her play Another Language in 1932. Her sharp-eyed observations about the American family gave tang to her domestic dramas Claudia (1941) and The Hallams (1947). Social concerns su.
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- June 22, 1988
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Jun 24, 1988 · Rose Franken, a playwright and novelist whose play ''Claudia'' was named by the critics as the best of the 1941 season, died Wednesday night in Tucson, Ariz., where she lived. She was 92...
FRANKEN, ROSE DOROTHY LEWIN (1895–1988), U.S. playwright, director, fiction writer, and screenwriter. Franken was born in Gainesville, Texas, but grew up in New York City. The 450 performances of her play, Another Language, set a record for a first play.
May 1, 1982 · Novelist and short story writer Rose Franken crossed over into the theater with the surprise hit of her play Another Language in 1932. Her sharp-eyed observations about the American family gave tang to her domestic dramas Claudia (1941) and The Hallams (1947).
Rose Franken has 54 books on Goodreads with 1301 ratings. Rose Franken’s most popular book is Claudia (U).
